[Bug 509255] [NEW] NetBeans needs liblogkit-java dependency for web application development

[Lou Ruppert]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: netbeans

Netbeans 6.7.1 in Karmic fails to complete the process of creating a
Servlet file once the Web Applications plugins are installed.  Looking
at the IDE Log, one can see a ClassNotFoundException for
org.apache.log.Hierarchy.  Some Google searching shows that this is part
of the liblogkit-java package.  Here is the workaround that gets
NetBeans to work in Karmic:

sudo apt-get install liblogkit-java
bash$ cd .netbeans/6.7/lib
bash$ ln -s /usr/share/java/logkit.jar .

The problem should be able to be reproduced with the following steps:

(Install netbeans package from Karmic repository obviously)
Open netbeans and open Tools and Modules.
Add the modules for web applications.
Restart Netbeans.
Open netbeans and create a new web project.
Once the project is created, create a new file and choose Servlet.
You will notice that when you complete Finish, the window doesn't close, no template is inserted in the new file, and there is a flashing error icon in the statusbar of the main Netbeans window.

Since Sun's bundle of Netbeans doesn't exhibit this problem, I'm
assuming someone missed this dependency in testing.  I don't know how to
add the liblogkit-java jar to Netbeans' default system-wide classpath,
hence my sloppy hack.  But whoever is packaging Netbeans should probably
include this dependency and make whatever arrangements are necessary to
include it in the classpath.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 18 12:36:04 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: netbeans 6.7.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: netbeans
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

** Affects: netbeans (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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